You SHOULD go and buy this book immediately. In fact, my recommendations at the end of my blog, as they are commonly found, will have nothing to do with sending you to other crappy comic book raping "adaptations", but rather point you in the direction of fine literature in the form of Alan Moore and Garth Ennis.
Now onto V.Let's Start from the beginning shall we? V for Vendetta WAS a beautiful and stirring piece about struggling against an oppressive system of corruption, greed, and hate. It WAS about fighting and taking back what was rightfully yours to begin with, human liberty. It WAS a piece which enlightened its readers to the merits of anarchy and really explained it in a way that didn't have me assuming that it was nothing more than a movement founded by stupid punk kids that'd listened to the Sex Pistols once too often. V for Vendetta WAS all of these things..... and then Joel Silver and the Wachowski Brothers got a hold of it.
Let me put it to you this was: Alan Moore publicly demanded that his name be removed from this film, because just like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Hollywood has absolutely no respect for any work other than their own.
Acting: It was okay, there was lots of it.
Action: Explosions just like the book had, but then they threw in this Matrix bullshit running with knives that leave a vapor trail sort of thing which just pissed me off. Overall, the book was not only WAY more violent and gruesome, but was also BETTER in this department. Yes you heard me, BETTER! Still images on a piece of paper, images that cannot move, were more believable and exciting that a fucking movie!!
Story: Don't even get me started on this one.... Let's just say for arguement's sake that if the book was a strong cry against the social injustices of our government's persistant attempts at taking more and more of our freedoms away, a cry which demanded nothing less than the complete and utter destruction of said government.... then the movie was a whimpering cry to vote.
Joesl Silver in an interview stated that he was dumbfounded by the reasoning behind Alan Moore's refusal to have his name associated with the picture. He said, "There are parts in the beginning that are the same, parts in the middle that are the same, and parts in the end that are the same..." Yeah, Joel, it was only the FUCKING MESSAGE that got lost in the mix. Fucking Hollywood cocksuckers.
Look, if you haven't figured out that I didn't like this movie yet, then I suggest that you become a major Hollywood producer and make millions upon millions of dollars raping that works of other more talented and gifted individuals than yourself.... that or blow your fucking brains out all over your kitchen counter.
Sure, this movie was bound that be bad. Why would Hollywood make a film that actually speaks out against our current situation where our freedoms and privacy are being taken away by the day? Why would Hollywood take the opportunity to change a person's outlook, maybe even stir an idea? Why wouldn't Hollywood try to make a person see that the society of future London wasn't that far from the world they live in currently? Why? Because if V was actually what it was supposed to be, then Hollywood would have been on his shitlist and likely blown to all fucking hell along with all of the other systems of miseducation and misinformation.
Sadly, the world needs V. It speaks to us like few other voices have been able, and with words that are as appropratie as those of George Orwell's in his stunningly real 1984. Do yourself a favor and read it too, if you haven't already.
2.5/10 Side Recommendations: READ you lazy fuck! Preacher by Garth Ennis, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Top 10, really anything by Alan Moore; Torso by Brian Michael Bendis.
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